Rail-joint.



J. W. JONES & T. M. JERREL.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED s112759, 1913.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application tiled September 9,

Specification of Letters Z'Patcnt.

Serial loY .To all toi/'mm it may concern lle it known that we, Jarras lll/i. donna and rlnoiims M. Jensen, citizens et the United States, residing at Rockwell, in the county et Marion and State oi Florida, have invented new and useful improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a speciiicetioni rlhe present invention relates to improvements in rail joints, and resides in the construction, combination and arrangement oi' parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

ln the drawing: Figure l is a perspective view of two railway rails connected in accordance with our invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 oi Fig. l, llig. 3 a detail ccntral longitudinal. sectional view, the rails being shown in elevation, and lis a top plan view of the joint member, rails being removed.

Referring new to the drawings, designates two rail ends, which are adapted to be connected through the medium oi our .improved joint. rlhe joint comprises a base member l upon which the iianges oi the rails rest, the longitudinal edges oi the base being upturned and provided with angular flanges 2 which overlie the base l and which have their inner faces shaped to agree with the angular upper faces of the base flanges oi the rails. The overlying flanges l terminate in vertical plates 8, the saio. plates being of sui'licient length to permit of the upper edges contacting` with the underiiaces of the heads of lthe rails.

The joint member is centrally provided upon its interior with a transversely arranged partition the same terminating in a head 5 which projects above the longitudi nal edges of the plates 8 and which conforms in shape with the heads oic the rails ll. lt will thus be noted that the joint member provides two compartments, each shaped to correspond with the cross sectional shape of the rail, and each adapted to receive one of the ends of the rails.

llhe plates 3, adjacent the ends thereof, are provided with openings which are adapted to register with similar openings in the webs of the rails, and passing through lthe alining openings are headed members 6 which have their shanks slotted for the reception oi' wedge-shaped Cotter pins 7,

whereby the members 6 are effectively sustainer against displacement, which, as is well known, is common to bolts provided with the usual retaining nuts, when employed in such connection. The portions of the vertical members or plates 3, provided with. rail connecting elements, are vertically straight, but the central portions of the sides are enlarged for a suitable distance beyond the opposite ends oi the heads 5 and the partition 4l, the said enlargements, which are designated by the numerals 8, being inclined gradually from the upper portions of the sides to the lower longitudinal edges thereof, and 'the sides 9 of the said enlargement are sloped gradually outwardly and laterally to their connection with the vertically straight portions.

The longitudinal edges oi our improved rail joint member or chair are preferably notched to provide seats for securing spikes l0 which enter the ties ll, while the underiace of the base member between the ties is thickened, as indicated by the numeral il, the base increasing gradually in thickness from points adjacent its sides and ends toward the conter and being 'hickest just below the joint of the rails, which of course is the point of greatest vertical strain.

The rails are inserted within the joint chair from the opposite sides the chair, and connected in the manner stated, and from the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity ci the device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought. be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without lfurther detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is:

A rail joint member comprising an integral device divided into two rail-receiving compartments, the inner' faces oi which each conforming to the cross sectional shape of the rails and 'to permit of the rails resting upon its base, the partition being integrally `formed with a head against which the heads of the rails abut, the side plates ci? the rail member having their ends vertically straight and their central portion enlarged and sloping from the upper edges of the said sidesto the lower edges thereof, and the sides of the enlarged portion sloping outwardly and laterally to their connection with the verticai portions of the plates, the base having its tions of the sides of the ruil member for sel0 curing the rails Within the compartments.

ln testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

J AMES XV. J ONES. THOMAS M. J ERBE-L.

lower face centrally formed with an integrally formed longitudinally extending enlargement which gradually increases in thickness from its sides and ends to provide the greatest thickness beneath "the partition und head of the rail member, means for securing,` the rails Within the compartments of said ruil members, and means co-acting With the Webs of the rails und the reduced porlllitnesses J nssn S. WILLIAMS, J. M. BARKsDALL.

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